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public  Coto Norte, Puerto Rico Coto Norte, Puerto Rico  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Puerto_Rico
Sunrise: 5:56 
Transit: 12:30 
Sunset: 19:05
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ε Trianguli Australis (epsilon Trianguli Australis)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:19 | Tran: 21:03 | Set: 23:44
Alt: -40.33°   Az: 169.79°   Direction: South

ε Trianguli Australis is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

ε Trianguli Australis visual magnitude is 4.11. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Trianguli Australis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ε Trianguli Australis (epsilon Trianguli Australis) star
DSS2 image of ε Trianguli Australis. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Trianguli Australis during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 39m 05s
-66° 23’ 58”
13h 18m 54s
04h 57m 59s

J2000

15h 36m 43s
-66° 19’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

318.49°
-8.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Trianguli Australis (epsilon Trianguli Australis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.11
Giant

0.00
K1III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ε Trianguli Australis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ε Trianguli Australis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

ε Trianguli Australis is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ε Trianguli Australis double sysyem:

4.11
9.51
5.4
83.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Trianguli Australis is distant 216.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

66.27
216.04
-16 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Trianguli Australis
(epsilon Trianguli Australis)
SAO253226
SAO253226

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Trianguli Australis (epsilon Trianguli Australis) rise, transit and set times from Coto Norte, Puerto Rico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Puerto_Rico):

Azimuth: 156.4°
Max altitude: 5.2°
Azimuth: 203.6°